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Show KF o A if M rjCy MILLARD COUNTY USPS 446-74- Cy av vFOUNDED Ay aMa IN 1894 0 25 CENTS MILLARD COUNTY'S FIRST NEWSPAPER Volume 88, Number 8, Weather Report THE PEOPLE HAVE A RIGHT TO KNOW By Robert Edison In the last two weeks of asking people to read and sign my petition (to replace the City Administrators position with that of a Clerk), I was asked some of the following questions. I was not able to answer these questions, but they are public record and I would like to have an answer. So I am asking the City Mayor to respond in the newspaper so thrt the people of Fillmore may be able to understand what City government is costing them. 1. How much money has the Gty of Fillmore invested in interest bearing accounts? 2. What was the Gtys budget in 1978? 3. What is the Gtys budget for 1981? 4. What is the Citys present payroll Millard Eagle FFA Chapter Sentinel Todd Quarnberg President Kevin office help? for FFA Doris as national Rasmussen Fillmore watch City Mayor Cummings signs 5. What was the Gtys electric bill Week Proclamation for the year 1981? I, along with other people who live in the Gty, are willing to meet the needs of the City, but with the condition of the 20-2- 7 IS American economy and the way the Federal government, as well as our Millard Eagle Chapter joins with saint of the FFA and has come to sym- State government, is cutting back, Fillmore City will just have to bite the bulnearly 8,500 other FFA chapters all bolize the FFA Treasurer. across the nation in celebrating National Cumlet along with everybody else. Kevin to President According FFA Week, starting February 20. mings, Fillmore, the Millard Eagle Throughout the week the states 50 Chapter will sponsor FFA Sweetheart SELF-DEFEN-SE Ball and Assembly, Greenhand and chapters are planning activities to supWORKSHOP port this years FFA theme: Vocational Chapter Farmer Installation, ParAmerica. for Public Growing Agriculture AD Single Parents of the liamentary Procedure, Speaking, Vocational agriculture education and Extemporaneous Speaking, Proficiency Area are being invited to attend a workFFA are an American success story of Award Competition, Special Posters Garth White, shop on Learning by Doing. They have produced and Displays, news articles and pic- Deputy Sheriff from Fillmore, win a mighty wort force for food and fiber tures, and an FFA Week Proclamation on present techniques in to meet the needs of our nation and the signed by the mayor. 26, 1982, at 7:30 p.m. The February world. Nearly S50 million worth of agriOrganized in 1928, the FFA promotes workshop will be held in the Banquet cultural exports went last year. leadership, cooperation and citizenship Room of the Branding Iron Restaurant, National FFA Week has always among high school vocational agricul- 34 North State Street in Satina. The included George Washingtons birthday ture students. Vocational agriculture workshop is being sponsored by the in observance of his leadership in education in high school prepares stu- Snow College VISTA Project, and anypromoting scientific farming practices. dents for careers in agricultural produc- one who may be interested is invited to Washington is considered the patron tion, marketing, processing and service. participate with them. & NATIONAL FFA WEEK FEB. ' V Utl fa The Millard County Progress was awarded a second place plaque in the Best Editorial category during the Utah Press Association's winter convention held in St. George this past weekend. The award winning editorial was written by Progress Marge Barton entitled Your Right To Know Has It was published in Been Suppressed. the Sept. 11, 1981 edition of the Progress and used as a guest editorial in the Sept. 10, 1981 edition of the Millard County Chronicle, published in Delta. The editorial related the instances in which the Millard County Commission had held meetings closed to the public and press and a meeting that was held without prior notification to the public or press. Both types of meetings are a violation of the Open Meetings Law, popularly called the Sunshine Law. The Millard County Chronicle of Delta also garnered two plaques for their excellence. A second place award in the Best Column category was presented to Publisher Susan Dutson for her column Comments by Sue. Another second place plaque was also awared to the Chronicle in the Best Advertising Campaign category. Promotion, journalism, Best Best Feature Story, and Community Service. Out of the eight categories, two of the Millard County newspapers brought home awards for three of them which is a pretty good average. Both the Chronicle and the Progress are published by Susan B. Dutson. OPEN LETTER FROM MAYOR Dear Citizens of Fillmore, I am writing this letter so people who salary than just Treasurer. You have no idea of the amount of are asked to sign a petition circulated by time and effort it has taken to get the Bob Edison will have a better understanding of what our Administrator approved loan from the Board of Water Resources. We are still at work fulfilling does. the requirements to actually receive the First, we hired Mr. Day as Treasurer money. Mr. Day has worked on these when Gndy C remens moved. The projects plus his job as Treasurer. Council had been talking for some time One of Mr. Days Treasurer jobs is about the need for someone to coorseeing that money owed to the city is dinate and follow through on work. paid. As of February 15th $19,000 in Instead of six people (the Council) all utility bills were unpaid, mostly Feb. trying to get work done by the Gty crew bills. If we didn't collect these bills, the on their areas of responsibility. We city would be without power or your our rates would be higher, since we in turn were also faced with ordinances; what IPP and MX would do have to pay the power suppliers whethto us; planning and zoning; trying to get er we collect or not. Telling people they money for water, library and a pool; to have to pay their bills or have their list the major items. All of these needs power shut off makes people mad at Mr. take hours of research, telephone calls, Day, but he is merely carrying out the letters and sometimes out of town meet- Councils directives. It makes no differe ence who the individual is, if they enings. The Councilmen all have off the time to do force the rules and ordinances, they are take cant jobs. They this during business hours and most of the one that people get mad at. But that this activity can only be done during the is their job. If the position of the Mayor e day. was and the enforcer, people would just have a different person to be We decided that with Mr. Days mad at. education and background we'd found a Some make a comparison between person who could do both jobs. So we Delta and Fillmore. Delta doesn't own offered him the job of both Treasurer their electric utility; Utah Power and and Administrator and so the higher Light does. Delta City doesnt bill, col full-tim- full-tim- lect or service their power. A large amount of City employees time is spent on billing, collecting, servicing and listening to complaints about electricity. Delta has the same employee structure as Fillmore, except that their Administrator and Treasurer are separate individuals. While Mr. Edison claims to be pursuing the elimination of the Administrator position, he made it clear to the City Council in a recent meeting that he is quite upset about some of the Citys actions that directly effect him. I wonder if these feelings arent his real motives, thinking that things might be better for him it the City had no ordinance and policy enforcer. Mr. Edison has been quoted as saying that we have created a third level of What he apparently government. doesnt realize is that the Administrator is not a new level because he can only do what the Council authorizes. I feel that the City has benefited from Mr. Days work. I would be glad to discuss it further with anyone that is interested in more information. Sincerely, Mayor Doris Rasmussen 79th UPA President Susan Bcikwuh Hutson, editor and publisher of the Millard Counts Chronicle and Millard ( ounts Progress, was elected President of the Utah Pi css .social ion at the annual winter convention held in St (leorec over the weekend Ms Hutson is lie first woman to he eleeted to the position She served as vice president, seuetnrv and hoard member for two terms Ms Hutson's lather. I rank S Beskwnh. publisher ol the Millard Counts ( hromclc. was president ol the association 40 vears aco previouslv UFO Over Millard County? featured speakers were Senator Orrm ( Hatch. R I tali and Hr Stephen Coves. IH I ptolc'sot lecturer and author. Imciu lie! spo?iul nui M !iicsd,i inch had p. Pk s ' d hi h.v ,Nnii e lu 'kcd lik t a Mt a wc.itlui h.tll .fid ' p i it ( publisher of the Richfield Reaper and (larfield ( ounu News and 1981 president of I tab Press NMciation. hands the tael newls elected president. Susan B. Dutson at the Sundjk wards luncheon of the I PV's annua1 winter contention held in si f eorie. T O 1 tilde tv it icd I Dim he tl.ish v,i' upoTiu! Itom non AT HOBNAIL . vV i u ih - ( It J ,t ,ih uh k im n t h .t d I t m I'M I r Ms (Nt Ik - t "tu! " n I ) ! , O t v v . - t i im'J Mi - i v M M' t ih i N ' v I M : c I ' M J . ' , Mark TH( C The eight categories for which newspapers from all over the state are judged for excellence are: Best Editorial, Best Best Advertising Campaign, Column, Best News Story, Best Photo- Publisher Elected in three davs ol semmai'. business meetings and awards banquets I aitv ot I itsi Btowei. Vise President ScMiruv Bank was named Honorarv I duoi and Publisher ward f$85 a PROGRESS RECEIVES PRESS AWARD self-defen- participated 'j'vp ry A.'SAfliP0' e. Her erandlaiher, I rank in 1442 Millard founts Beckwith, editor of the ( hronielr is in the I tali Press Vm'u.iiioii Hall ot I nine, svhich o on di'pluv in the I tali State C apnol in Salt I ake ( its Publishers represent me almost all mcmhcis in the vveeklv organization and a"ok iaies teptesemme more than 10 maioi businesses F Mt MBtfl Friday, February 26, 1982 Millard County Progress, Fillmore, Utah 84631, on Assoc I t. h c fv h K ,i 11 t d hi. r ,r ik : h ,1 |